Curtain and shade support for windows.



No.1 647,755. Patented Mr. W, I900;

a. F. MENZEL.

CURTAIN AND SHADE SUPPORT FOR W INDUWS..

(Application filed Oct. 7, 1899.)'

(No Model.)

WITNESSES: INVENTORQ i 131M422 M Mus- Tw: umps PETERS 0o. PHdw-umoq WASHINGTON u c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT F. MENZEL, OF NEW'ARK, NEW JERSEY.

CURTAIN AND SHADE SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,755, dated April 1 7, 1900.

Application filed October '7, 1899.

To all whmn ft may concern: 7 7

Be it known that 1, ROBERT F. MENzEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Curtain and Shade Supports for Windows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,'such as will enable others skilled. in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a device which can be fixed upon a windowframe and serve to support the curtain-pole and the shade-roller, whether it be desired to hang said roller upon what is known as outside brackets or upon inside brackets; to enable the curtain-pole brackets to be adjusted in a horizontal direction to different widths of window-casings and firmly fixed in position at any desirable point; to thus enable shades and curtains to be more suitably fitted to particular windows and a more pleasing effect produced, and to secure other ad vantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved cur tain and shade support for windows and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved support. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of one side or half of the support and showing a certain middle turnbuckle in central section, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of an adjustable hook for engaging the upper edge of the window-casing.

In said drawings, a a indicate the opposite members of the support, one of said members being adapted to embrace the window-frame at each side close to the top, and 1) indicates a clamping-rod by which the said supports are pressed firmly against the opposite sides Serial No. 732,892. (No model.)

of the window-frame, Each support a provides a boss or enlargement c, presenting at its inner face a pad or cushion d, of rubber or the like, adapted to engage the windowjamb without injury thereto and having its opposite end cored out and threaded to receive the end of the clamping-rod I). Said clamping-rod is preferably in sections 1) b, one of which is screwed into each of the said bosses c by means of an angular wrench-receiving part b, the adjacent ends of the sec= tions b b being provided with right and left threads, respectively, to receive a turnbuckle e. By screwing up said turnbuckle,therefore, the two rod-sections b are forced apart and the bosses c at their cushioned inner faces are pressed against the window-jamb with sufficient force to hold the entire apparatus in place on the window-frame. Each boss or enlargement c is provided with two arms .1 and g, comprising flat metal strips bent or cast in proper form to embrace the window-frame, as hereinafter described. The upper arm f extends from the boss or enlargement c first horizontally rearward or toward the interior of the room, being adapted to lie flat against the window-jamb, and at a suitable distance from the said boss 0 the arm is bent outwardly away from the clampingrod at right angles, as at 72-, and the remainingportion of the arm lies all in one plane and is adapted to come fiatwise against the casing at the side of the window. This outer portion of the arm extends horizontally, as at t', for a distance calculated to bring the shade-roller bracket a suitable distance away from the window and then is bent upward at right angles to provide avertical portion j for receiving the shade-roller bracket 70, which is removably secured by bolts, screws, or any other suitable fastenings. Above the said shade-roller bracket the arm f is bent at right angles to extend horizontally outward parallel to the portion '5 before described, and at this point the arm is longitudinally slotted to receive a clamping-bolt l, which passes through said slot and a correspondingly-dis posed perforation in the superposed arm of a supplemental piece m, which can thus be adj usted upon the arm proper, so as to project more or less. Said supplemental piece is bent at right angles, as at m, and to the vertical an ordinary curtain -pole 'to the window, as is usually desired,'without regard to thewidth of the cazaiirig, the curtainpole bracket n can be moved farther from or nearer to the roller-bracket by means "of the joint Z, so as to accommodate it to either a wide or narrow casing and enable it tobe properly placed thereon at a given distance the window-casing and sustainin'g a portion of the weight'of; thesu p'ported parts. Said finger is slotted, amt-0 7m receive the bolts by' which thecurtain-bracket'is fastened in 'place,jand thus by loosening said bolts'the finger can be adjustedvertically to different widths of top pieces. fore referred to projects first vertically downward froin' the boss or enlargement aft-his portionlying fiatwise against the window- The lower arm '9' be 'j'amb'and receiving a shade-roller bracketk' of thestyle'known-as inside bracket, said bracket being remo'vably bolted to'the "arm inany suitable manner. Beyond said'brack'et 7:;"the-a'rm' g is bentatright angles and" =eX- tends rearward to the inner edge of the" janib, where'it again is bent at right angles tofform an end portion g, adapted to overlie the face of the window ca'sing and prevent a twisting of the'entire'support upon the window.

' Itwill be understood that bracketsmay ac-'- company my giupport or they may be inde:

pendently'supplied by the purchaser, an'd'in the'former case when the preferred kind of shade bracket, either inside or outside, isused the other one m y bedetached; if desired-for in some casesthe unused one will" not" shew If it'is desired to support'simply a windowthe positive "descriptive terms employed, ex;

cept'as the stateof the art may require.

I claim as new is li'flA' curtain and shade support for windows,"-having" bossesor enlargements, *c', a 'c'lampi'ng rod for forcing said bosses in-to frictio'nal contact withtheoppositejainbs of the window, arms projecting fronisaid bosses and being bent to lie flat against the window-casin ysaid arms carrying *fixed shade rener barks a d represe t- We? l ingn IHaving'thus described the invention; what the same plane with said arms and carrying curtain pole brackets, said supplemental pieces being connected to the arms by horizontally-extensible joints whereby the curtain-pole bracket may be moved farther from or nearer to the shade-roller bracket independently of other parts, substantially as set 2. A curtain and shade support for windows,"eo mprising opposite bosses or enlargerod for forcing said bosses into holding con- 1 tactwith the opposite jambs of the'window, from the outer edge. The supplemental piece m carries at its back afinger 'oi-lio'oko-for' engaging the upper edge of thetop piece'ot upper arms extending rearward and bent at rightangles tolie flat against the windowcasing, fixed shade-roller brackets and ad- 3' ustable curtain pole brackets carried upon said upper arms, and ower arms extending "downwarurrom the" bosses or enlargements fia'tv v'i se"against the window-jambiandparry- "in'g"in'sid e'" shade-roller" brackets and being the 'wihdow-jamb wherea flatwise' bend at right angles is made and thee-titer and caused to lie against 'the witaowtasitgy utsmntially asset forth.

A curtain and shade support for windows, comprisingoppos'ite blocks'orsockets c, a clamping-rod for forcingsaid blocks into -holdin g relation "to the WiIidOiv ja'mbs; iipper andlower arms projecting from the blocks 'orsockets and bent atrightangles to embrace the window'- rame," said lower arms" being adapted-tocarryinside brackets fora shaderoller and San-upper armst carry ontside brackets, and a'su'ppleinental piece connect- 'ed' to the upper arm by an extensionam and carrying a curtain-pole bracket; substantiallya's set forth.

4:1"The curtain and shade" support herein described, com prising opposite pairs of arms *g; having their ta's'es aina -analying against the jatnb, a clamping-rod "extending between said bases, the lower arm providing at itshase meansfor attaching an insideshaderoller bracke't'and'at its'ez'ctremityan arm 9', forengaging the-inside face or the window- 'casingfandthe'up'per'arm next to its base extending horizontally then being bent vertic'ally*-to receive an "outside shade roller bracket, and at its extremity being again bent horizontal, a supplemental piece m'fjoi'ned 't'otheupperarm byan-ekt'ensible jointand bein g adapted to'receive curtain-pole bracket, and a fingeror hook adjustable upon the'ba' ck of saidsupplemental piece to'engage the fcop piece of the window-frame, substantially as "setforthp' 5. The combination of the members a, a, and detachable clamping-rod b, each member comprising" a' boss-or socket c, a lower arm 9, bent at right angles'to engage the corner of the window-frame, an upper arm fibent at right angles and'having its body portion lying fiat;agains'tj the window-casing, with'a ver ticannon an iii l or zqe slqttei x r mments having cushioned faces, a .clamping- I bent rea'rward'and-eiitendingto the edge of ity, a suplemental piece m, bent 'at right anhave hereunto set my hand this 3d day of O0- gles and adapted at one leg to be adjustably tober, 1899. clamped against said slotted extremity of said upper arm, and at the other leg carrying an adjustable hook or finger 0, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing-I ROBERT F. MENZEL.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, O. B, PITNEY. 

